Printing, duplicating, and addressing machine.



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PRINJTIJNG, DUPLICATING, AND ADDRESSING MACHINE. APPLICATION mso mnh-1909.

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PRINTING, DUPLICATING, AND ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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application inea May a1, 190e.

.To all 'ic/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. Finnen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing, Duplicating, and Ad dressing lliachines7 of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the improvement of printing, duplicating and addressing ma# chines, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character adapted to print letterheads upon ordinary letter sheets and to simultaneously print the body of an imitation typewritten letter through the medium of a ribbon and to also print the desired names and addresses upon said letter.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

1n the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section upon line -w of Fig. 8, with certain of the parts in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof,

Fig. 4; is an end elevation looking from the left in Fig. 3 with the feed table removed,

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through the type bar delivering' magazine,

Figs. 6, 7, 7A and 8 are detail perspective views of yieldingly mounted type bar engaging members hereinafter described,

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section upon line I z/-g/ of Fig. 5 with the type bars omitted,

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view through the type bar receiving magazine,

Fig. 11 is a horizontal section upon line awa of Fig.` 10, y

Fig. 1Q is a detail sectional. view illustrating a pair of type bar supporting dogs hereinafter described,

Fig. 13 is a detail perspective view of one of the type bars,

Fig. 1-i is an end elevation of cam inembers hereinafter described,

Fig. 15 is a section upon linee of Fig. 1,

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented June El, 191 Tf.

serial No. 497,451. i

Fig. 16 is a detail perspective view of tvpe bar releasing `cams hereinafter described, and,

F ig. 17 is a detail View of bearing members hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The main frame of the machine, co1nprises side members 5 and ond members (i, said end members lying below the side members and connecting said side members. The side members are channeled at 8 to form ways for a sliding carriage 9. rl`his carriage carries a chase 10 in which type 11 may be set to print the body portion of an imitation typewritten or circular letter through a ribbon 12, said ribbon extending between the ribbon rolls 13 and 14. Any desired means may be provided for imparting an automatic feed to the ribbon rolls 13 and 1l. l have shown mounted upon said rolls, ratchets 15 and 16 adapted to be engaged by pawls 17 and 18. These pawls are mounted upon blocks 19 and 2O at opposite ends of the machine frame and may be adjusted toward or from the carriage by means of set screws 21. lt is apparent that if the block 2O is set forward into position to eni gage the ratchet of roll 14, the ribbon will be fed toward the right in Fig. 2, while if the block 19 is set forward for its pawl to engage the ratchet of roll 15, the ribbon will be fed toward the left in Fig. 2.

lA feed table 22 is mounted upon supports 23 and the sheets to be printed, may be fed from said table between the fixed gripper bar 241 and a movable gripper bar The movable gripper bar 25 is carried by a swinging arm 2G having its outer end beveled at 27 for engagement by the platen The arm 2G is pivotally connected at QS) to the carriage 9 and has a tail 30 adapted to Contact with the stop 31 to limit the opening movement of the arm Q6. This opening movement is accomplished by a spring 32. Then at the limit of the movement of the carriage toward the left in Fig. 2, the beveled outer end 27 of the arm Q6, passes from beneath the platen 28, the spring 32 acts to move the movable gripping bar 25 away from the fixed gripping bar 2l. The sheets to be printed may then be fed down the table 22 between these gripper bars. As the carriage starts to move forward, the beveled end 27 of the arm 26 rides beneath the platen and presses the upper or movable gripper bar down upon the fixed gripper bar. Of course, after the carriage moves a short distance toward the rightvin Fig. 2

platen or idler gears that mesh with saidV platen, as will be hereinafter described. The platen and the gear wheels are mounted respectively upon shaftsSG and 37. These shafts are journaled in swinging brackets 38, said brackets in turn being oui naled in bearings 39. By referring to Fig. 17, it will be seen that the swinging bracket 38 carries an eccentric 40, this eccentric forming the journal for said bracket in the bearing 39. A stud 41 projects outwardly from the eccentric and has secured to its outer end an arm 42. The structure just described is duplicated on the opposite side of the machine and the sainereference nuf merals have been applied to the parts upon the opposite side of the machine. A tie bar 43 connects thek upper ends of the arms 42, so that they move in unison, as will. be hereinafter set forth, A marker arm 44loosely encircles the eccentric and has pivoted thereto a latch 45 adapted to engage a pin 46 of arm 42 (see Fig. l). rlhis marker arm is adapted to move over an arcuate rack 46 and carries a spring tongue 47 adapted to engage said rack to hold the marker arm in any adjusted position. The lower ends the swinging brackets 38 carry rollers 4S that travel upon ledges 49 of the reciprocatory carriage 9. rlhese ledges are cut out at 50 and 51 to permit the rollers te drop when the platen gears are to be thrown into engagement with the racks, or when the idlers 35 are to be moved into, mesh with the racks, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Hangers 52 are secured to the side inein-V bers 5 of the main frame by screws 53, one of these hangers carrying the arcuatehrack 46. These hangers have extended portions 54Kandii'55 that carry the sidefplates 56 and 57 of the type bar delivering and type bar receiving chambers hereinafter described The type bar-delivering chamber comprises the side walls 56 and the end walls 57. The wall 56 is slotted at 5S to permit pins 59 carried by a plate 60 to project through said side wall and into the type bar-delivering chamber. Located within the type bardelivering. chamber and centrally riveted at 61 tothe opposite sides thereof, are the spring plates 62 (seeFig. 6). The upper ends of ofY these spring plates 62 are in turn riveted through openings 63 to U-shaped channels 64, the edges of the side walls of said channels being serrated as at 65. Centrally disposed within these channels and held in position by the slotted ends 66 of spring extensions 67 of plates 62, are the serrated bars 68.' It will therefore be seen that the channels are yieldinglymounted from the side walls of the type delivering chamber and that the serrated bars 68 are independently yieldingly mounted from said side walls in such manner that the ser "ated bars 68 which are engaged by the pins 59 at their lower ends (seelfig. 5), may be given an upward 'movement to elevate the entire stack of address typebars 69. This entire stack of type bars is held in the position to which it is elevated by the serrations engaging the eX- tensions 70 of the individual type bars.-

A bearing extension 71 has kpivotally connected thereto a bell crank lever 72. A link 73 is pivotally connected at 74 to the carriage 9 and carries a. roller 7 5 which when the carriage is moving toward the right in Fig. 5, rides over the long arm of the` bell crank lever and up into a recess 76 of the carriage, the pivotal mounting of the link 73 permitting the roller to do this, butwhen the carriage is moving toward the left in Fig. 5, the roller engages the short arm 'of the bell crank lever and throws thev longer arm of the bell crank lever upwardly to .engage the underside of that type bar 7 8 that has been lifted to a sufficient height to be engaged by the portion 79 of the carriage, this uppermost type bar being shoved along toward the left until it is partially free of the remaining type bars at which. time the long arm of the bellcrank lever engages its underside and forces it up through af slot SO in the carriage until the dogs S1 (see Figs. 5 and 12) engage beneath it and holdit in printing position beneath the ribbon 12, the type bar traveling with the carriage as will be readily understood. Arod S2 extends from the bell crank lever to and through a lever S3 and has a spring 84 disposedbetween the outer end of said lever and its head S5 in such manner as to cushion the movement of the'lever 83. This Ylever 8f3 is pivotally connected at S6 withthe plate 60 and is also pivotally connected at S7 with the side plateV 56 Yof the type bar delivering chamber. A spring 88 is connected to said lever 88 and toa portion 89'of the type bar delivering chamber. rit its outer end the lever 83 carriesl a. pawl 90, the nose of which is adapted to engage in notches 91 and 92 formed in the edge of the side plate 56. A spring 93 normally tends to force said pawl into engagement with said notches, while a pin 94 mounted upon the lower end of a lever 95 is adapted to engage and release said pawl as will be hereinafter set forth.

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The lever 95 is pivoted at 9G to the 'side wall 5G of the type bar delivering chamber and its upper end lies in the path of movement of a lug 97 that projects downwardly from the underside of the carriage 0. lvlounted upon the shafty 37 (see Fig. 3) is a pulley )08 to whichpower may be applied by means of a belt, not shown. At its opposite end this shaft carries a pulley 99 that imparts movement to a larger pulley 100 by means of a belt 101. "Mounted upon the shaft 102 of the pulley `100 is an inking roller 103, which together with a second inking roller 101iis mounted in a fountain or housing 105 adapted to receive ink. A swinging inking roller 100 is mounted upon a shaft 107 that is journaled in bearings 108 and 109. The bearing 109 is vertically channeled for the passage of a rack bar 110, said rack bar meshing with a pinion 111 that is mounted upon the shaft 107. A spring 112n cncircles this shaft and normally tends to turn said shaft `to throw the swinging ink roller over upon thc ink rollers 103 and 101. This tendency of the yink roller 100 to swing over to the position just described, tends to turn the pinion 111 in such direction as to force the rack bar downwardly. Upon its lower end the rack bar carries a roller 113 (see Fig. 15). This roller is mounted upon a shaft i 11st journaled in a lower end extension 115 of the rack bar and `a spring 112 bears between a portion of this extension and a collar 117 of the shaft 114 and normally This roller engages a cam member 113, said cam member being secured to and traveling with the carriage.

It is to be understood that the form from which the letter head is to be printed in ordinary` ink, is set in the portion 119a of the chase or outside ofthe ribbon 12, consequent-ly when the carriage and the chase are reeiprocated, thecam member 113 acts to move therack bar upwardly and to thereby swing the inked roller 106 over into such position as to ink the form from which the letter head is to be printed.

This is accomplished in the following manner: As the cam 118 moves toward the left in Fig. 1,the roller rides up the face 119 thereof and along the surface 120 thereof. rlhe movement of the roller up the face 119 moves the rack bar and the pinion in such manner as to throw the roller 106 inwardly and downwardly into position to ink the type comprising the letter head, as the carriage moves toward the left in Fig. 1. l/Vhen the roller reaches the surface 121, which it will be noted by referring to Fig. 121;, is beveled, the spring 112L causes the roller 113 and rack bar to move bodilydown said inclined surface until the roller rests upon thesurface 122. Then the direction of movement `of the carriage changes as will be hereinafter set forth and the cam 118 moves toward the right in Fig. 1 and the roller moves along the surface 122, it being understood that at this time the roller 106 rests upon the inking rollers 103 and 10a. The lugs 126 projecting from the outer faces of the swinging brackets 38 move in cut-out portions of the bearings 39. Springs 123, 124, are disposed between these lugs and the walls of the cut-out portions of the bearings 39 and serve a purpose hereinafter described.

The operation of the machine as so far described, is as follows:

vVith the parts in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the platen gears are in mesh with the teeth of the racks. Power being applied to the pulley 9S, said pulley rotates the shaft 37 and the gears 35 and through said gears, rotates the platen gears in the direction of the arrow in Fig. This causes the carriage to move toward the right in Fig. 1. During this movement of the carriage toward the right, the rollers 13 ri de upon the surfaces -19 of the carriage and hold the swinging brackets 38 in such position as to maintain the gears 3i in mesh with the racks. W'hen the carriage reaches its limit of movement toward the right, however, and the cut-out portions 51 come beneath the roller 118, the spring 123 which has been under slight tension, acts to move the swinging brackets to thereby swing the gears 35 into mesh with the racks and to swing the gears 31 out of mesh with said racks. This will reverse the direction of movement of the carriage, as will be readily understood and drive it in the opposite direction. As soon as the rollers 18 ride out of the depressions 51, the springs 124 are placed under slight tension and the meshing of the gear wheels 35 with the racks, is rendered secure and firm. It is to be understood that the lug 126 (see Fig. 17) is carried by the swinging bracket and that the springs 123 and 124 bear between this lug and the fixed bearing member 39. The pressure with which the platen bears upon the ribbon and consequently the pressure withwhich. the sheet to be printed is forced against the ribbon and the type, is Vccntrolled and may be varied by the lever 42, it being apparent that swinging said lever, results in rotating the eccentric in its bearing and since said eccentric carries the bearing for the swinging brackets, said swinging brackets may be moved bodily toward or from the carriage. Of course this move- :ment need be buta very slight one.

The purpose of the marking lever 44 is to indicate the point at which the platen pressure has been set, so that if it becomes necessaryV to entirely relieve the platen pressure for the purpose of removing a torn sheet, the same' pressure may be again had without experiment. lf, for instance, the marking lever 44 has. been set in any given position and the lever 42 is swung to entirely release the plateny pressure, by again returning said lever to such position that the latch of the lever 44 engages the pin 46 of' lever 42, the same pressure may be secured. It is apparent that when the sheets; are' feid down the table 22 until they are engaged by the gripper bars and are drawn beneath the Platen, the body portion of any imitation typewritteny letter will be imprinted upon the underside of said sheet by the ribbon' being forced against the underside of said sheet which is backed by the platen, by the type 11. At the same time that the previously inked form, set up in the space 119a of the chase, prints the letter head that portion of the ribbon that overlies the addressingtype bar,

sheet, rides up over the fingers 128 of a fly' 129, this fly being journaled in bearings 130 of the main frame of the-machine and being provided with a. pinion 131 which meshes with a short rack 132 carried by a longitudinally extending bar 133. This bar is.

out out upon its underside as at 134 to permit the lug 135 of the carriage to travel be-l tween downward extensions 136 thereof. It will therefore be seenthat the carriage at its rearinost` limit of movement', will engage the downward.` extension 136v to shift the longitudinally extending bar and. its rack and thereby rotate the pinion in such manner astoswing the fly over and deposit the printed sheet right side upv upon a table or other support, not shown.. ltl will be understood that the fly lies in ay horizontal position and in a position tohave the downwardly curvedi ends of its fingers slide beneath the front end of the sheet as the carriage moves toward saidA fly.

The means for releasing the addressing type bar fromthe carriage'andfor depositing it in the type bar receiving chamber,- will now be described: Pivoted at 137 upon.

'rock said dogs upon their pivots 142 to thereby release the addressing type bar and permit said'type bar to fall outl of the opening 127 and upon a table 143, this table being located within the'typeibar receivingY chamber. This table is supported by cables 144 that pass over pulleys 145,

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said cables having weights 146 attached to' their lower ends. Latches 147 are adapted to engage the outstanding portion of they addressing type bars to hold the table down against the action of the weights 146 as said type bars are pressed downwardly by means which will now be described.

Secured to plate 57 of the type bar receiving chamber, is a keeper 148 in which slide the ends'149l of wires 150. These wires are coiled at 151 and their lower ends outturned at 152 and have a spring 153 secured thereto, the opposite end of said spring being secured to a pin 154 carried by the keeper 148. The upper ends of the wires 150 are connected by a cross bar 155 (see Fig. 16) and this cross bar carries a knob 156. The carriage 9 carries a Vliked cam 157 and a pivoted cam 158 and as this carriage reciprocates, the pivoted cam engages the knob 156 and forces the inturned ends 157 of the wires inwardly until they overlie the uppermost type bar that has been dropped from the opening 127. Immediately thereafter the fixed cam 157 acting upon` the knob 156 by means of the' undercut portion 156L (shown dotted in Fig. 16) forces said knob and the wires 150 downwardly against the tension of the spring 153 and since these wires rest upon the uppermost type bar, all of the type-bars and the table 143 are forced downwardly against the action of the weights 146 until theV latches 147 engage over the extensions 70 of the neXt higher type bars preparatory' tothe operation being again repeated. Wheny the lug 97 of the carriage contacts with the upper end of the lever 95, the pin 94 releases thepawlfrom its engagement with the notch- 92 and permits the spring 88 tov throw said pawl up into engagement with the n'otch 91. This of course imparts an upward movement to the plate 60, through the medium of the pin 86 and elevates the next succeeding type bar intoV position to be carried by the portion 79 of the carriage, to such position that it may be engaged by the upper end of the longer arm of the'bell crank lever 72 as has been hereinbefore' described, it being apparent that this operation may be repeated as long as there are any of the addressing type bars left in the type bar delivering chamber.

Byreferring to Fig. 13, it will be seen that thetype 70, comprising the addressing type bar, are L-shaped and that the printing surfaces are formed uponV the outer face of one of the'` longer arms of said type. These type engage recesses 70 of the type bar 7 0. s Y in position, but it is tobe understood that thc invention `is not limited with relation tothe kind of type employed, for any method of? supporting thetype in the'type 'bars mayV A; plate 70 holds these type be employed or the bars may have the printing faces formed integral thereupon.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, I have shown a forin-lrerf such as has been illustrated in my co-pending application, Serial Number 485,706, filed March 9,5, 1909, though it is to be understood that I do not desire to limit myself to the use of this particular form of printing element in the chase or carriage. In this specification and in the accompanying claims, the term chase is to be construed to mean any recessed member whether integral with the carriage or separate therefrom and carried thereby adapted to receive a printing element.

From the mechanism described, it is possible to reproduce in large quantities and very rapidly, the body of a circular letter, insert the individual names and addresses at the top of each letter by means of the addressing plate having similar type characters, print the letter-head, and reproduce a fac-simile of a. written signature at the bottom of the letter. In this manner a letter may be reproduced which has every appearance of original typewriting, typecharacters and an inking ribbon similar to those used by an ordinary typewriter, being used. j

This resemblance is attained by the contact of the rolling platen this'machine gives, and the same shade of color on the body of the letter as on the address at the top, this being-very essential.

lt will also bcseen that by having the inking-ribbon made in colors, and the manner in which it travels across the type form, two or more colors may be reproduced simultaneously. A different color may also be used for the inking roll.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple and efficient means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, but while the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but includes within its purview such 'changes as may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim, is:

1. A printing machine comprising` a frame, a reciprocable carriage, forward and reverse gears, separate shafts for supporting said gears, means cooperating with either of said kgears for driving said carriage, an element carrying said shafts and adjustable to render either the forward or reverse gear operable by disengaging one and engaging the other with said means, said carriage and element being complementally formed to automatically eifect such adjustment at the end of movement of said carriage in either direction, A

:2. A printing machine comprising a frame, a reciprocable carriage, forward and reverse gears, separate shafts upon which said gears are mounted, means cooperating with either of said gears for driving said carriage, an element carrying said shafts and adjustable to render either the forward or reverse gear operable by disengaging one and engaging the other with said means, irregularities on said carriage operative on said element at the end of movement of said carriage in either direction to effect such adjustment.

A printing machine comprising a frame, a reci procable carriage, forward and reverse gears, separate shafts upon which said gears are mounted, means coperating with either of said gears for driving said carriage, an element carrying said shafts and adjustable to render either the forward or reverse gear operable by disengaging one and engaging the other with said means, a trip element on said first named element, and an irregularity at each end of said carriage coperative with said trip clement to effect adjustment of said first named element automatically.

4L. A printing machine comprising a frame, a reciprocable carriage, forward and reverse gears, a flat faced rack section carried by said carriage for copcration with said gears, and a tilt-able supporting element for said gears movable to engage either gear with said rack, said carriage being structurally formed to adjust said element at the end of its movement in either direction.

5. A printing machine comprising a frame, a reciprocable carriage, forward and reverse gears, a flat faced rack section carried by said carriage for coperation with said gears, a tiltable supporting element for said gears movable to engage either gear with said rack, and atrip arm on said element, said carriage being complementally formed to automatically move said arm and tilt said frame to its position of adjustment at the end of movement of the carriage in either direction.

6. A printing machine comprising a frame, a reciprocable carriage, forward and reverse gears, a flat faced rack section carried by said carriage for cooperation with said gears, a tiltable supporting element for said gears movable to engage either gear with said rack, and a trip arm on said element, said carriage being formed with a depression at either end to trip said arm and element.

7. A printing machine comprising a frame, a reciprocable carriage, forward and reverse gears, a flat faced rack section carried by said carriage for coperation with said gears, a tiltable supporting element for said gears movable to engage eithery gear with said rack, and means for yieldably maintaining `said element against tilting, said carriage normally maintaining said element tilted but being constructed to automatically release said element and shift the direction of tilting pressure.

8. A printing machine comprising a frame, a reciprocable Carriage, forward and reverse gears, a flat faced rack section carried by said carriage for coperation with said gears, a tiltable supporting element for said gears movable to engage either gear with said rack, means resiliently centering said element, 4and a trip arm, said carriage being constructed to strike said trip arm and tilt said element in opposite directions at opposite ends of the travel of the carriage. 9. A printing machine comprising a frame, a reciprocable carriage, a roller platen having a gear for driving said carriage in one direction, a second gear for driving the carriage in a reverse direction, a tiltable frame for supporting said platen and gears, and means for tilting said frame at one end of the movement of said carriage to render said platen gear, operative andV drive said carriage forward and at the other end ot movement of the carriage to reversely drive said carriage by the other gear and render said platen inoperative.

10. A printing machine comprising a base, a reciprocable carriage, a driving member for said carriage comprising a roller platen carrying a gear and a supplemental gear in mesh therewith, and means operative upon the approach of the carriage to either end of its reciprocation to move one of said gears A into operative relation to said carriage.

11. A printing machine comprising a base, a reciproeatory carriage having a rack thereon, a gear frame pivotally supported on said base, intermeshing driving gears on said frame, meansoperative by said carriage in its reciprocation to throw one of said gears into operative relation to said rack at either end of such reciprocation.

12. A printing machine comprising a base,

a reciprocating carriage having a rack thereon, a gear frame pivotally mounted on said base, intermeshing driving gears on said frame, resilient centering means for said frame, a depending element on said frame normally bearing against said carriage to maintain said frame off of its center and maintain one of said gears in operative relation to said rack, said carriage having cutaway portions at either end to permit pivotal swinging of said frame under force of said compressed centering means to carry the opposite gear into coactive relation with said rack.

13. A printing machine comprising a base, a' reciprocatory carriage having a rack thereon, a gear frame pivotally mounted on said base, intermeshing driving gears on said frame, a depending element on said frame normally bearing against said carriage to maintain said frame off center and thereby maintain one of said gears in operative relation to said rack, said carriage having cut away portions therein at either end to permit pivotal swinging oi said frame into position to carry the opposite gear into coactive relation with said rack.

14. A printing machine comprising a base, a reciprocatory carriage having a rack thereon, a gear frame pivotally mounted on said base, intermeshing driving gears on said frame, a depending roller element on said frame normally bearing against said carriage to maintain said frame olic center and thereby maintain one of said gears in operative relation to said rack, said carriage having cut-.away portions therein at either end to permit pivotal swinging ot' said frame into position to carry the opposite gear into coactive relation with said rack. f

15. A printing machine comprising a base, a reciprocable carriage, a gear frame, intermeshing gears in said frame, a rack on said carriage adapted to be driven by said gears, eccentricbearings for said frame, and a lever for controlling the location of said bearings to elevate or lower said frame.

16. A printing machine comprising a base, a reciprocatory form carriage, a roller platen, adjustable eccentric mountings for said roller platen to adjust said platen vertically with respect to said carriage, a lever for controlling the position of said mountings, and a marking bar coacting with said lever to indicate any selected position of adjustment of a comparatively permanent 190 nature. Y

Y 17. A printing machine comprising a base,

a reciprocatory form carriage, a roller platen element7 adjustable eccentric mountings for said roller platen element to control its adjustment vertically with respect to said carriage, a rack segment, a marking bar for adjustment to any point on said segment, a lever for controlling the position of said mountings, and a meansfor coupling said lever to said marking bar.

18. A printing machine comprising a base,

a reciprocatory form carriage, a roller platen element, adjustable eccentric mountings for said rol-ler platen element to control its adjustment vertically with respect to said carriage, ka rack segment, a marking bar for adjustment to any point on said segment, a lever for controlling the position of said mountings, and a latching device for latching said lever to said marking bar.

19. Iny a printing machine, the combination of a base, a roller platen, a printing form element having a reciprocatory movement, spools on the ends of said element, a 12.5 ribbon carried by said spools and extending across the face of the type, and a means for inserting a section of printing surface in the form of said element from the under side thereof. l Y

20. printing machine comprising a frame, a traveling' bed, a platen, and a shiftablc multicolor ribbon, said bed being constructed to receive the type in lines disposed parallel to the direction of shifting?,- of said ribbon whereby one or more lines may be printed of a different color from the body of the form.

21. A printing machine comprising a frame, a traveling bed, a platen, and an automatically shiftable multi-colored ribbon, said bed being constructed to receive the type in lines disposed parallel to the direction of shifting;` of said ribbon, said bed also traveling in a direction parallel With the direction of shifting of said ribbon.

22. A printing machine comprising a reciprocating form having an opening therein, an inking ribbon mounted on the upper side ol said form, a plurality of type ele ments, and means for inserting said type elements into the opening in said form to a printing level from the underside thereof.

Q3. A printing machine comprising a reciprocating form having an opening therein, an inking ribbon mounted on the upper side of said form, a plurality of type elements, and means for automatically and successively inserting said type elements into the opening in said form to a printing level from the underside thereof.

In testimony whereof l ailiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY M. FRECK.

Witnesses:

L. CARL STOUGHTON, A. L. PHELPS.

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